lupe's tex mex grill

unique bean dip. i've been here before, maybe 2006, 2007. i don't remember much about the first time. don't remember what i had, but it must have been okay, because i had no reservations returning today with a friend. i had the green poblano enchiladas which just so happened to be onspecialtoday. it had a lovely presentation but i was surprised when i touched the edges of the plate. it was just lukewarm. bottom of the plate was a little warmer. i snickered because our server delivered it with potholders. looks can be deceiving. at least he didn't say "hot plate, hot plate coming," like one server did, after which i picked up the plate with bare hands, raised it over my head and said, "yeah be careful of this very hot plate."

this entree was good, above average and portion size was good. beans and rice were decent as well. i really liked the chips and salsa. the red salsa was nice with a bit of spice. the bean dip was the star. you don't see bean dip too often and this black bean version was thinner, not the variety of frito refried bean dip you may remember from the past. it was quite unique. we also had an order of queso which was rudimentary. it seemed like a thin smooth version of melted velveeta.

my friend had a guisado de res which looked really delicious, red, vibrant and reminiscent of the many of the carne guisados i've had in san antonio. he comes to this restaurant about once a month and enjoys a number of items on the menu. the prices are very reasonable, especially the items on special.

service moved at a rhythmic pace. our server was on the ball with refills and generally taking care of us very well.

my friend said that there have been several remodels over the past few years with walls being brought down and room expanded. in the latest version it has several big screens added to the mix with soccer and judge judy being shown simultaneously lol! you gotta love lupe's tex mex grill. it certainly is not pretentious.

also note that they have a second lupe's in keller on rufe snow just south of tarrant county pkwy, which i have not visited as of yet.

nothing special. nothingspecialabout this place. the hostess and "chips and salsa guy" were great, but our waiter was terrible. he got us our drinks in a good amount of time, but then he disappeared for the longest time. when he came back, he filled up my water and turned to leave and we had to holler at him that we were ready (even though we had been there a while and all of our menus were closed). even then he said "ok" and walked away. we assumed that he needed to go get a pen or paper or something. he came back, walked right past our table and to another table he was waiting on. after he finished with them, he pulled the pen and paper that he had the whole time out of his pocket. :/ and then we never saw him the rest of the night. literally. someone else checked on us mid-meal, the hostess cleared our plates, and a third person handled our checks. it was bizarre.

about the food: the black bean dip was yummy, but the salsa was totally hit or miss. the first round was burn-your-mouth hot and the second round was super mild. the inconsistency was disappointing.
hubby's fajitas were alright, nothing special. same with my chicken enchiladas.

there was nothingspecialto pull us back, and definitely not worth fighting the construction traffic for. you can find me at miguelito's.

nothing is wrong with this places but there is nothingspecialeither

my husband loved the black beam dip and we both loved the chefsspecialwhich had great chicken.